Billiard-table cushion.



Nu. 692,899, Patented Feb. Il, |902.

T. R. PALMER.

BILLIARD TABLE CUSHION.

(Application led Apr. 28, 1.901.) l

(No Model.)

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UNITED STAT-Es PATENT OFFICE.

THERON R. PALMER, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

BILLIARo-TABLE CUSHION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 692,899, dated February11, 1902. 4

Application filed April 23, 1901. Serial No. 57,084. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, THERON R. PALMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Billiard-Table Cushions;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to Which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, forming partof this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in billiard-cushions, andparticularly to the type thereof constructed of a molded -strip ofrubber or other suitable resilient material so shaped and arranged upona table as to present to the ball striking such cushion a face whichrecedes downward from the point at which the ball contacts therewith,which point is slightly above the center of the ball contacting with it;and the object of imy invention is to mold into and combine With thecushion-strip a new and novel means for increasing the resiliency of thecushion without materially affecting the direction of the angle ofdeflection'of a ball played against the cushion and Without impairingthe durability of the cushion; and it consists, substantially, inmolding into the cushion-strip a reinforcestrip of diagonally-braidedmateriahas is hereinafter set forth and described,and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section of aportion of abilliard -table, cushion-rail, and cushion embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view, partially in section, ofasection of a cushion-rail and cushion. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectionof a modified construction of the cushion. Fig. 4c is a transversesection of another modiiied construction of the same.

In Fig. l of the drawings, A is a table-top, B the side frame, and C thecushion-rail, of a billiard-table of the usual construction. The cushionD is made of a strip of rubber compound or other suitable resilientsubstance, in the upper portion of which is embeddeda strip of diagonalbraid E, preferably made flat in cross-section and of wire or othersuitable material. In the face portion of the cushion-strip thereis,preferabl y embedded a strip or ribbon of fabric F, and on the back.maximum degree of resiliency therein and also preserves the eliiciencyof the cushion much longer than is possible'as billiard-table cushionshave heretofore been made. The use of the strip of fabric F and thestrip of fabric F are not novel in this construction, as they performthe same functions as they have done heretofore in the cushion-strips ofbilliard-table cushions.

In Fig. 3 I show a modified construction of my improved billiard-tablecushion in that I dispense with the strip of fabric F in the face of thecushion D. In otherrespects itis constructed thev same as shown in Fig.l and hereinbefore described.

In Fig. 4 I show another modified construction, in Which a braid E isni'oldedinto the face of the cushion D2 instead of in the upper partthereof, as shown in Figs. l and 3. I, however, prefer the constructionshown in Fig. l or Fig. 3 to that shown Ain Fig. 4 in the practice of myinvention.

Having thus described my invention so as to enable others to constructand usevthe same,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is

1. In a billiard-table cushion, the combination of a lcushion-strip of asuitable resilient substance-with a longitudinal strip ofdiagonally-Woven braid molded into the body thereof, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

l 2. In a billiard-table cushion, the combination of a cushion-strip ofvulcanized rubber or .other suitable resilient substance, with alongitudinal strip of flat diagonally-Woven braid in the upper partthereof,'substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a billiard-table cushion, the combina- IOO Lion of a cushion-stripof vulcanized rubber) In testimony whereof I affix my signature or othersuitable reslent ubstance, with@v in presence of two witnesseslongitudinal strip o flat iagonally-Woven d braid in the upper partthereof, and yafstrip THERON R' PALMER' of fabric in the face thereof,both of which W'itnesses;

are molded into the body of the cushion, sub- RALPH A. STURGEON,

stnntiallyas and for the purpose set forth. M. E. DAVIS.

